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21 Apr 20, 12:54 PM |
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2021, then 2022, now 2023... possibly! Long Haul to Aus & NZ - Thanks Amex & Avios!
Pre-Trip report - Take 5! (with additional baggage)
Pre-Trip Report - Take 4! Pre-Trip Report (1) Pre-Trip Report - Here we go Again! July 2022: We appeared to have acquired some "additional baggage" for part of our trip... March 2022: With Avios seats secured from the UK to Sydney and with 2023 hopefully a "goer" with the reopening of Australia and New Zealand, a new spanner in the works with our cruise being cancelled... read on here. February 2022: At least Australia have opened their borders now, so fingers crossed, under 12 months to go. Just need to try and snag those elusive BA Club World seats with Avios - I feel a late night coming on soon! August 2021: Another e-mail from BA telling us that our 2022 flights had been cancelled. so we have now rebooked the cruise for February 2023 with a broadly similar itinerary, the difference being that we will be joining the cruise once we arrive in Sydney, then spending 5 days in Sydney post-cruise, and the same routing back home with a Tokyo stopover. At least that is the plan... September 2020: Ah well - it had to happen with the current Coronavirus situation. DW and myself decided in September that a March 2021 date may well end up being cancelled, and even if not, we probably wouldn't enjoy it with all the restrictions that may have been in place. So we have rebooked our cruise, now departing Sydney in February 2022, and have been able to upgrade to a Junior Suite at less cost than our original Balcony Cabin price. And with BA now having cancelled our flights and the Avios and Companion Voucher "back in the bank", we are hoping to be travelling as follows: Day 1: 11/02/22 Fly MAN-LHR-SYD Day 2: 12/02/22 Still flying Day 3: 13/02/22 Arrive Sydney early morning Day 4: 14/02/22 Sydney Day 5: 15/02/22 Sydney Day 6: 16/02/22 Sydney Day 7: 17/02/22 Sydney Day 8: 18/02/22 Embark Princess' Regal Princess Day 9: 19/02/22 At Sea Day 10: 20/02/22 At Sea Day 11: 21/02/22 At Sea Day 12: 22/02/22 Dunedin Day 13: 23/02/22 Christchurch Day 14: 24/02/22 Wellington Day 15: 25/02/22 At Sea Day 16: 26/02/22 Tauranga Day 17: 27/02/22 Auckland Day 18: 28/02/22 At Sea Day 19: 01/03/22 At Sea Day 20: 02/03/22 At Sea Day 21: 03/03/22 Disembark Sydney early morning, final sightseeing, overnight in Sydney Day 22: 04/03/22 Fly SYD to Tokyo Day 23: 05/03/22 24 hours in Tokyo Day 24: 06/03/22 Fly TOK-LHR-MAN (daytime)
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Link to all trip reports here 2024 The Retirement Roadshow – Part 2:Alaska, 2023 4th Time lucky - Aus & NZ, 2022 Cruising and Tuscany, 2020 A second unexpected staycation - Budapest to West Wales!, 2019 It’s Disney... but not as we know it!,2017 CA Possibly, Maybe, Definitely..,2016 Economy and a Studio Just Isn't Good Enough! Edited at 10:14 AM. Reason: Rescheduled trip |
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